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Antirealism and Holes in the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

Michael Hand
Michael Hand
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Texas A&M University
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Philosophy , Volume 65 , Issue 252 , April 1990 , pp. 218 - 224
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1990

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